John E Woven Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Lifehacker - Windows 7 Lets You Finally Uninstall Internet Explorer (Kinda) - windows 7 You can totally uninstall it (somewhat), and anything you don't want.
socrates63 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 I didn't know that the ability to remove IE would be in the US release. I thought it was only going to be available in the EU release of W7 where IE will be excluded. Interesting... the option not to load IE may be there but I wonder whether MS agreements with US OEMs will allow them to do so.
Currawong Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 I might have to try un-installing it in the beta, as the one annoying program I have to use in Windows uses IE to load ads, which I get around by using Privoxy or else just setting a non-existent proxy for IE/Internet options. I think though un-installing it won't remove the ads, going by that Lifehacker article. I wonder if the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard was deliberately timed to steal the thunder of Win 7 by having a September release date.
Dusty Chalk Posted June 14, 2009 Report Posted June 14, 2009 I doubt it, Snow Leopard was announced a year ago.
Currawong Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 The release date wasn't announced a year ago, but only a few days ago.
Dusty Chalk Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 Snow Leopard was announced as "Summer 09" in summer 08.
jinp6301 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Posted June 20, 2009 Is it me, or does windows 7/vista's bold fonts seem blurry? I fiddled around with the cleartype settings but I can't get the bold fonts to look right.
socrates63 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Posted June 20, 2009 Hmmm... looks pretty good to me, and I haven't fiddled with anything. Perhaps the default 125% DPI setting may affect things for you? Did you try setting the text size to 100% (Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display)?
socrates63 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Posted June 20, 2009 Then what about trying 125%? I know a lot of work was done to improve text readability, and that's the reason Segoe UI typeface was introduced in Vista (newly coded Vista/W7 resources most likely utilize Segoe UI while pre-Vista resources most likely have not been updated with the new typeface). I don't think there has been any US font changes between Vista and W7. The only other thing I can think of is for you to try another display (assuming you're using a desktop).
jinp6301 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 Ok found the solution. I manually turned off cleartype in the registry and everything looks much cleaner
Dusty Chalk Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 You might want to make sure you have the right drivers for your graphics card rather than the generic one(s?).
tkam Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 Another possibility assuming it's an LCD screen, make sure it's running at it's native resolution. If your running it a lower rez that could easily explain the fuzzy/blurry text.
tkam Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 By the way looks like that $49 upgrade pricing is going to be good for those of you upgrading from XP as well.
n_maher Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 By the way looks like that $49 upgrade pricing is going to be good for those of you upgrading from XP as well. I just hope it works for all versions of Vista.
jinp6301 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 You might want to make sure you have the right drivers for your graphics card rather than the generic one(s?). good idea. Another possibility assuming it's an LCD screen, make sure it's running at it's native resolution. If your running it a lower rez that could easily explain the fuzzy/blurry text. Its working at its native resolution. I guess I'm just a picky bastard
Cankin Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade is possible, pre-order starts tomorrow I've have to decide now should I stay with 32 bit or go for 64 bit. http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/06/25/clean-install-with-windows-7-upgrade-media-what-about-x64-upgrades.aspx
John E Woven Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 If all your programs support 64 bit (ie: nothing is 16 bit, as 16 bit things don't run) and your hardware has 64 bit drivers, then you shouldn't have any problems if you do go with 64 bit which I highly recommend.
DigiPete Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Anyone buying the pre-order Win 7 Home premium for $49 ? Offer good until July 11th or until fixed number of units are sold, which ever comes first
jinp6301 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 I love that you can move the windows around in the taskbar now. I've been waiting for that since 1998.
socrates63 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Two things I love about W7... first, yes, I agree about the taskbar and second, the speed at which my notepad connects to known networks. It seems almost instantaneous as I take my notebook from home network to corporate wireless -- much faster than Vista and more reliable connections.
deepak Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Two things I love about W7... first, yes, I agree about the taskbar and second, the speed at which my notepad connects to known networks. It seems almost instantaneous as I take my notebook from home network to corporate wireless -- much faster than Vista and more reliable connections. I have Intel 2200BG wifi in my laptop and it connects instantly to my WPA2 network on start up with XP Pro. Using XP to configure the wifi instead of Intel's utility.
screaming oranges Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 My younger brother told me about some special marketing price for the upgrade versions only, don't know if any of you are interested. It's only when you pre-order though (excerpt follows): Preorder Windows 7 cheaply In select markets, Microsoft is offering its customers the ability to preorder Windows 7 upgrade versions at a significantly reduced price. This is easily the most aggressive pricing Microsoft has ever offered for Windows. The low preorder price will vary per country: [*]US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99) [*]Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99) [*]Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium (
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